Trunk



N. A. REINHARD.

v TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, I916- Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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tain new and useful Improvements in Trunks; and I do herebydeclare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact-description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-nu:- m'erals marked thereon.

My invention relates to wardrobe trunks and the like, and has for its particular object to provide an improved form of locking mechanism for a garment follower, or in other words, for the follower portion that acts, after being positioned, to hold the garments and the garment hangers tightly in their proper relation when packed, so as to prevent the garments from loosely shiftlng around in the trunk. A further purpose of the invention is to afford a'comparatively simple structure of practical form, and one which can be readily operated in moving the parts into or out of locking relation. To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and comhina tions of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application of the invention to a usual type of wardrobe trunk with the parts shown'in the position which they assume when the follower is unlocked; I

Fig. Qis a similar view with the follower locked in position;

' Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. d is an enlargedelevation of the locking mechanism when in the position shown in Fig. 1; V I

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the locking mechanism when in the position shown in Fig. 2; p p r s Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the intermediate position of the parts of the locking mechanism as they are moved from locking to unlocking position, or vice versa, and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7=*7 of Fig. 5'.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate the same parts.

, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented, Feb. 10,1920. Application filed in arct s, 1916. Serial No. 82,913.

In the illustrated embodimentfof' the ini vention, 1 designate the. walls of a'section, 1

of a wardrobe trunk upon which is supported a frame 2 .embracmg the rods .3 for carrying the usual garment hangers. orv

forms 4, which are suspended from the rods I 3, and :on which the garments, are arranged.

The; follower employed for pressing and retaining the. garments in the position in which they are packed includes side bars 5, cross strips (Sand 7 and a cross rod 8 at the top, which is supported in an'yof the notches 9 1 formed in oppositely disposed bars 10 which are' fixedly mounted upon the walls of the trunk. It will be seen thatthe fol:

lower may be adjusted to any desired positionupon the supporting bars 10 by are ranging the rod 8in any selected pair of notches9. .It is necessary to afiord means for holding the lower end of the follower in fixed relation in order to maintain the adjusted position of the follower, and to this end there isemployed retaining means in the forinof bars 11 fixedly mounted on the walls of a trunk and provided withnotches locking member and bring it into proper locking relation with the retaining bars 11.

16 designates a plate or support carrying a flanged? by means of which it is attached to the cross bar 7 of thefollower, and 18 is a pin or hearing mounted upon the plate 16, and affording a guide 'for'the' aforesaid plate 14, which has a slot 19 .engageableand movable upon the pin 18, and vertically with relation thereto. .The plate14c carries a strap 20 pivotally mountedthereon by meansof the pin21, and embodyingan annular "portion or ring-'22 within which is arranged an eccentric 23. The latter isalso pivoted upon the bearingor .pin18 and rotatable about the latter, and as the eccentric 23 is turned, it serves to cause-av combined.

rotary and rectilinear movement of the strap eccentric 23is'correspondingly moved about 20, also imparting a rectilinear movement to the locking member or rod 13. 24 desig-' nates wean'plates arranged on opposite sides of the eccentric 28 and the annular portion of the strap 20, said wear plates being connected to the eccentric by means of a rivet v the same axis, imparting either an up or down movement to the strap and to the lookingmember, according to the direction in V which-thehandle is moved. When the ban die" is in'the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the locking member is in its lowermost position and thefollower is unlocked, where as whe'n'the handle is turned to assume its lowermost position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the locking member is moved upwardly into engagement with the retaining means and 'thefollower is locked in position.

' It isdesira'ble to provide means for holding the handle in locked-position, and to this end the handle carries an abutment or lug 27, which engages thesurface' of the plate 14:,as shown in Fig. 7, while .the latter carr'ies' lugs or-projections 28 arranged upon opposite'portions' of the plate to engage opposite sides of the lug 27 when the handle is in its locked position, as appears clearly from an inspection of Fig. 5. The handle is sufliciently resilient to permit its being pulled away; slightly from the plate 14, so as to permit the abutment 27 to clear the projections 28 when it is desired to move the handle away from the position of Fig. 5 in unlockingthe parts.

I claim asmy invention:

1. In a trunk, the combination with an adjustable garment follower, of stationary retainingmeans for the follower, a support therefor, locking devices including a locking member arranged on the follower for slid able movement"longitudinally thereof, an eccentric pivoted on the follower and operatively connected to'the locking member, and operating'means connected to the eccentric.

2.In a trunk, the combination with an adjustable garnient follower of stationary retaining means for the follower, a support therefor, locking devices including a locking memberlarranged'on the follower for slidable movement longitudinally thereof, a strap" pivotally arranged on the locking member, an eccentric pivoted on the follower and. cooperating with the strap for controlling its position, and an operating handle associated with said eccentric.

3. In a trunk, the combination with an adgustable garment follower and a support therefor, of stationary retaining means for the follower consisting of a pair of oppositely disposed notched bars, a locking member arranged on the follower comprislng a rod movable into and out oflengagement V the follower consisting of a pair of oppositely disposed notched bars, and a locking member arranged on the follower comprising, a rod movable into and out of,engageni nt with the aforesaid notches on the bars,

strap pivotally arranged on'the locking member, an eccentric pivoted'on the follower and cooperating with thestrap for controlling its position, and an operating handle associated with said eccentric.

5. In a trunk, thecombination with an adjustable garment follower and a support therefor, of stationary retaining means for the follower consisting of a pair of oppositely disposed notched bars, a locking-member arranged on the follower comprising a rod movable into and out of engagement with the aforesaid notches on the bars, a strap pivotally arranged on the locking member, an eccentric pivoted on the follower and Cooperating with. thelstrap for controlling its position, an operating handle associated with saideccentric, and. means cooperating with the handle to hold it'in looking position.

' 6. In a trunk, the combination with an adjustable garment follower and a support therefor, of stationary retaining means for the follower consisting. of a pair of oppositely disposed notched bars, a locking member arranged on the follower comprising-a rod movable into and out of engagement with the aforesaid notches on said bars, a plate on which the rod is mounted, a strap pivotally arranged on the locking member,

an eccentric pivoted on the follower and arranged within the strap for controlling its position, an operating handle associated with said eccentric, a lug or abutment formed on the handle and adapted to engage the aforementioned plate, and a pair of projections arranged on the plate between which the saidlug or abutment of the handle is disposed when the handle is in looking position acting to hold the parts locked.

1 NORMAN A. vREINI-IARD. Witnesses: I i r HARRIET T. VAY, FRANKLIN H. SMITH. 

